To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 189 East Main Street in Xenia, Ohio, as the "Gilman 'Gil' Whitney Post Office Building".
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill renames the United States Postal Service facility at 189 East Main Street in Xenia, Ohio, as the Gilman Gil Whitney Post Office Building. It also directs that any reference in federal law, maps, regulations, documents, papers, or other United States records to that postal facility must be deemed a reference to the Gilman Gil Whitney Post Office Building. The bill does not change postal operations, services, rates, eligibility, or employment rules; it is a commemorative naming measure with federal-record conforming effects.
Who Benefits and How
The Gilman Gil Whitney family and community benefit from federal recognition attached to a public postal facility in Xenia. Xenia residents benefit from a local commemorative marker in federal records and signage. The United States Postal Service benefits from clear statutory authority to update the facility name. Local historians and civic organizations benefit from a durable federal reference to the commemorated person. Federal map and records users benefit because the bill clarifies that older references and the new name point to the same facility.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USPS facility administrators must update signage, records, and public-facing materials for the Xenia post office. Federal records managers must treat existing legal and administrative references as references to the new name. Postal mapping and address-system staff may need to update facility-name data. Federal budget managers may bear minor costs for signage and records updates. Users searching older documents may need to recognize the renamed facility, although the bill provides a deeming rule to reduce confusion.
Key Provisions
- Designates the USPS facility at 189 East Main Street in Xenia, Ohio, as the Gilman Gil Whitney Post Office Building.
- Requires federal legal, map, regulatory, document, paper, and record references to use the new commemorative name.
- Provides a conforming-reference rule so old and new facility names identify the same postal facility.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Designates the United States Postal Service facility at 189 East Main Street in Xenia, Ohio, as the Gilman Gil Whitney Post Office Building and requires every federal law, map, regulation, document, paper, or record referring to that facility to be treated as referring to the new commemorative name.
Key Policy Areas
Postal Service, Commemoration, Local Government
Primary Purpose
Designates the United States Postal Service facility at 189 East Main Street in Xenia, Ohio, as the Gilman Gil Whitney Post Office Building and requires every federal law, map, regulation, document, paper, or record referring to that facility to be treated as referring to the new commemorative name.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Gilman Gil Whitney family
- Xenia residents
- United States Postal Service
- Local historians
- Federal map users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- USPS facility administrators
- Federal records managers
- Postal mapping staff
- Federal budget managers
- Users searching older documents
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Mr. Turner of Ohio (for himself, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Balderson, …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "usps"
- → United States Postal Service
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